Oscar L. Auf der Heide

Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (8 December 1874-29 March 1945) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ 11) from 4 March 1925 to 3 March 1933 (succeeding John J. Eagan and preceding Peter Angelo Cavicchia) and from NJ 14 from 4 March 1933 to 3 January 1935 (preceding Edward J. Hart).

Biography
Oscar Louis Auf der Heide was born in New York City, New York in 1874, and he moved with his family to West New York, New Jersey in 1887. He worked in the real estate business before serving on the town council from 1899 to 1902 and as president of the board of education from 1903 to 1904. From 1908 to 1911, he served in the New Jersey General Assembly as a Democrat, and he went on to serve as Mayor of West New York from 1914 to 1917 and as director of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1915 to 1924. From 1925 to 1935, he served in the US House of Representatives, and he was not a candidate for renomination in 1934. He returned to the real estate and insurance businesses after leaving the US Congress, and he died in West New York in 1945.